Boom Town (film)

Boom Town is a 1940 American adventure film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr, and directed by Jack Conway. The supporting cast features Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, and Chill Wills. A story written by James Edward Grant in Cosmopolitan magazine entitled A Lady Comes to Burkburnett provided the inspiration for the film. The film was produced and released by MetroGoldwynMayer.

When Elizabeth Betsy Bartlett Claudette Colbert shows up, McMasters sweeps her off her feet without knowing that Sand considers her his girl and marries her. Sand accepts the situation, wanting Betsy to be happy. However, on their first anniversary, she catches her husband dancing with a barroom floozy. As a result, Sand quarrels with McMasters and they flip a coin for the entire oilfield. Betsy leaves too, but returns when she learns that her husband has lost almost everything to Sand and needs her.Each man goes through booms and busts. Building on his renewed success as a wildcatter, McMasters moves to New York to expand into refineries and distribution, competing against former customer Harry Compton Lionel Atwill. Seeking inside information about his rivals, he hires away Comptons adviser Karen Vanmeer Hedy Lamarr, who uses her social contacts and womanly charms to gather industry information. ........

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